Published by: Chinese080808
Companion grammar guide found here.

汉字 Pinyin English
(Edward) (Google Translate) (Edward)
小姐，您去哪儿？ Xiǎojiě, nín qù nǎr? Miss, where are you going?
我去语言学院。 Wǒ qù Yǔyán Xuéyuàn. I’m going to the School of Languages.
好。 Hǎo. Ok.
师傅，请问现在几点？ Shīfù, qǐngwèn xiànzài jǐ diǎn? Sir, may I ask what the time is now?
差一刻八点。您会说汉语啊！ Chà yīkè bā diǎn. Nín huì shuō Hànyǔ a! Quarter-to-eight. You can speak Chinese!
我会说一点儿汉语。我是学生，现在回学院上课。 Wǒ huì shuō yīdiǎnr Hànyǔ. Wǒ shì xuéshēng, xiànzài huí xuéyuàn shàngkè. I can speak a little Chinese. I am a student, returning to campus now.
你们几点上课？ Nǐmen jǐ diǎn shàngkè? What time is you class?
八点上课。师傅，我们八点能到吗？ Bā diǎn shàngkè. Shīfù, wǒmen bā diǎn néng dào ma? Eight o’clock. Sir, are we able to arrive at eight o’clock?
能到。您的汉语很好。 Néng dào. Nín de Hànyǔ hěn hǎo. Yes. Your Chinese is very good.
哪里，我的汉语不太好。您会不会说英语？ Nǎlǐ, wǒ de Hànyǔ bù tài hǎo. Nín huì bù huì shuō Yīngyǔ? Your too kind, my Chinese is not that good. Can you speak English?
我不会说英语。我也喜欢外语，常常在家学点儿英语。 Wǒ bù huì shuō Yīngyǔ. Wǒ yě xǐhuān wàiyǔ, chángcháng zàijiā xué diǎnr Yīngyǔ. I cannot speak English. I also like foreign languages, at home I often study a little English.
谁教你英语？ Sheí jiāo nǐ Yīngyǔ? Who teaches you English?
我孙女儿。 Wǒ sūn nǚ’ér. My granddaughter.
真有意思。她今年几岁？ Zhēn yǒuyìsi. Tā jīnnián jǐ suì? How interesting. How old is she this year?
六岁。我的岁数太大了，学英语不容易。 Liù suì. Wǒ de suìshu tài dàle, xué Yīngyǔ bù róngyì. Six years old. I am too old, learning English is not easy.
您今年多大岁数？ Nín jīnnián duōdà suìshu? How old are you this year?
我今年五十二。语言学院到了。现在差五分八点，您还有五分钟。 Wǒ jīnnián wǔshí’èr. Yǔyán Xuéyuàn dàole. Xiànzài chà wǔ fēn bā diǎn, nín hái yǒu wǔ fēnzhōng. This year I am 52 years old. We’ve arrived at the School of Languages. It’s now five-to-eight, you still have five minutes.
谢谢，给您钱。 Xièxiè, gěi nín qián. Thanks, here is your money.
您给我二十，找您五块四，OK？ Nín gěi wǒ èrshí, zhǎo nín wǔ kuài sì, OK? You gave me 20, here’s five dollars 40 change, OK?
您会说英语！ Nín huì shuō Yīngyǔ! You can speak English!
我也会点儿。拜拜！ Wǒ yě huì diǎnr. Bàibài! I also can speak a little. Byebye!
拜拜！ Bàibài! Byebye!
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陈老师，马大为今天不能来上课。 Chén Lǎoshī, Mǎ Dàwéi jīntiān bùnéng lái shàngkè. Teacher Chen, Ma Dawei cannot come to class today.
他为什么不能来上课？ Tā wèishéme bùnéng lái shàngkè? Why can’t he come to class?
昨天是星期日，他上午去商场买东西，下午去朋友家玩儿。他晚上十一点半回学院，十二点写汉字，两点钟睡到。现在还没有起床。 Zuótiān shì xīngqírì, tā shàngwǔ qù shāngchǎng mǎi dōngxī, xiàwǔ qù péngyǒu jiā wánr. Tā wǎnshàng shíyī diǎn bàn huí xuéyuàn, shí’èr diǎn xiě Hànzì, liǎng diǎn zhōng shuì dào. Xiànzài hái méiyǒu qǐchuáng. Yesterday was Sunday, in the morning he went shopping, in the afternoon to a friend’s house. He got back to campus at half-past eleven last night and was writing Chinese characters at twelve o’clock. At two o’clock he went to sleep. Now is he still hasn’t got up.
他应该来上课。 Tā yīnggāi lái shàngkè. He should come to class.
老师，我能不能问您一个问题？ Lǎoshī, wǒ néng bùnéng wèn nín yīgè wèntí? Teacher, can I ask you a question?
可以。 Kěyǐ. Certainly.
我们为什么八点上课？ Wǒmen wèishéme bā diǎn shàngkè? Why do we start class at eight o’clock?
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